cow-fish

Without ceasing to be true bony fishes, the trunk-fish and cow-fish are adapted by their peculiar characters of spine and armor plate to repel many enemies.

The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope Henry Edward Crampton

The cow-fish feeds on grass at the borders of the rivers and lakes, and swims quickly with the tail and paddles; and though the external organs of sight and hearing are so imperfect, these senses are said by the hunters to be remarkably acute, and to render necessary all their caution and skill to capture the animals.

A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. Various 1891

The cow-fish feeds on grass at the borders of rivers and lakes; and, when suckling its young, it carries it in its fins or flippers, and clasps the little one to its breast, just as a mother clasps her baby!

Martin Rattler 1859

Barney, who frequently dined on beefsteaks cut from this remarkable cow-fish.

Martin Rattler 1859

They subsist on turtle, cow-fish, and the other fish with which the river abounds, and live almost entirely in their canoes; while at night they frequently sling their hammocks between the branches of trees, and sleep suspended over the deep water.

Martin Rattler 1859

The peixe boi, or cow-fish, is one of the most curious of the inhabitants of the Amazon.

Martin Rattler 1859

The cow-fish feeds on grass, coming in to the borders of the lakes and rivers to procure it.

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

There is no neck to be perceived; and the head, which is not very large, terminates in a large mouth and fleshy lips, which are not unlike those of a cow: hence its name of "cow-fish."

Popular Adventure Tales Mayne Reid 1850

The cow-fish feeds on grass, coming in to the borders of the lakes and rivers to procure it.

The Forest Exiles The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds of the Amazon Mayne Reid 1850

I could not help thinking of the big cow-fish we had seen, and dreading lest one of them coming up the igarape might give the canoe an unintentional shove with his snout, which would most inevitably have upset her.

On the Banks of the Amazon William Henry Giles Kingston 1847